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Vol. 88, No. 243 

Wednesday, December 20, 2023 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Comments are 

requested regarding; whether the 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection received by January 19, 2024 

will be considered. Written comments 

and recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and the agency informs 

potential persons who are to respond to 

the collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Title: Special Supplemental Nutrition 

Program for Women, Infants, and 

Children (WIC) Program Regulations— 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden. 

OMB Control Number: 0584–0043. 

Summary of Collection: The Special 

Supplemental Nutrition Program for 

Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) 

provides supplemental foods, nutrition 

education, including breastfeeding 

promotion and support, and health care 

referrals to low income, nutritionally atrisk pregnant, breastfeeding and 

postpartum women, infants, and 

children up to age five. Currently, WIC 

operates through State health 

departments in 50 States, 33 Indian 

Tribal Organizations, American Samoa, 

District of Columbia, Guam, 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin 

Islands. The Federal regulations 

governing the WIC Program (7 CFR part 

246) require that certain program-related 

information be collected and that full 

and complete records concerning WIC 

operations are maintained. The WIC 

Program is authorized by the Child 

Nutrition Act of 1966, as amended. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) 

collects information from state and local 

agencies, applicants, and retail vendors 

to determine eligibility in the WIC 

Program. This ongoing information 

collection is mandatory for state 

agencies and required to obtain or retain 

benefits for the WIC participants. This 

information includes participant 

certification information (e.g., income 

and nutrition risk); nutrition education 

documentation; local agency and vendor 

application and agreement information; 

vendor sales and shelf price data; data 

related to vendor monitoring and 

training; financial and food delivery 

system records, and Electronic Benefits 

Transfer (EBT) delivery. State Plans are 

the principal source of information 

about how each State agency operates 

its WIC Program. The information is 

needed for the general operation of the 

Program, including regulatory 

compliance, and for ongoing program 

integrity and cost-saving efforts. The 

information is also used by FNS to 

manage, plan, evaluate, make decisions, 

and report on WIC Program operations. 

If the information were not collected, 

the efficiency and effectiveness of the 

Program would be jeopardized, 

improper use of Federal funds would 

increase, and FNS’ ability to detect 

violations would diminish greatly. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or Households; Businesses 

or Other for Profit; Not-for profit 

institutions; and State, Local, or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 6,283,276. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: Quarterly; 

Semi-annually; Monthly; Annually; and 

as Needed. 

Total Burden Hours: 15,686,416. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27888 Filed 12–19–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Farm Service Agency 

[Docket ID: FSA–2023–0022] 

Information Collection Request; 

County Committee Elections 

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Farm Service Agency (FSA) is 

requesting comments from all interested 

individuals and entities on an extension 

of a currently approved information 

collection associated with FSA county 

committee elections. The collection of 

information from FSA farmers and 

ranchers is used to receive nominations 

from eligible voters for the FSA county 

committee. 

DATES: We will consider comments we 

receive by February 20, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments on this notice. You may 

submit comments electronically through 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID FSA–2023–0022. Follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. All comments received will 

be posted without change and will be 

publicly available on https://

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 


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